JOHN M TAYLOR (PAISLEY) LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC367458 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£203.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £203,084
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,766 YoY
Cash YoY
+88%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£133k
↑ 88% YoY
Net Worth
£203k
↓ 9.3% YoY
Current Assets
£729k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £448.0k | £519.2k |
| Current assets | £729.3k | £751.0k |
| Cash | £133.0k | £70.6k |
| Debtors | £596.3k | £680.4k |
| Net assets | £203.1k | £223.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-02-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-26📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-02-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-02-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-02-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-02-07📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-02-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-02-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-02-04➕FERGUSON, Michael David appointeddirector
- 2024-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2015-12-11➕SUTHERLAND, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2009-10-26🏢Company incorporatedAs JOHN M TAYLOR (PAISLEY) LTD.
- 2009-10-26➕BARR, Ian Jeffrey appointeddirector
- 2009-10-26➕HAMILTON, James appointeddirector
- 2009-10-26➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-10-26➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-10-26➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
- 2009-10-26➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ian Jeffrey Barr Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr James Hamilton Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Stephen Sutherland Individual · British · DOB 12/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Michael David Ferguson Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1981 · age 45 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 28/11/2025 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
9 Glasgow Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 3QS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
BARR, Ian Jeffrey→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2009-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FERGUSON, Michael David→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2025-02-04
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HAMILTON, James→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2009-10-26
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SUTHERLAND, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2015-12-11
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BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2009-10-26
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2009-10-26
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Recent filings (63 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-02-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-06